The Midnight Fox

By Betsy Cromer Byars,

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The Midnight Fox is an atmospheric and heartfelt story, and one of Betsy Byars' best-loved classics.

And then, this afternoon,' Uncle Fred said to me, 'you and I'll go after the fox.'

Tom, a town boy, is horrified when his parents tell him he has to stay on Aunt Millie's…

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1 author picked The Midnight Fox as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved Betsy Byars’s books growing up. Being English, these American childhoods were so fascinatingly different! The Midnight Fox is a funny, bittersweet story of city boy Tom falling in love with the wildlife of the forest – and most of all with the beautiful midnight fox and her cub. But by making them more familiar with humans, he ends up attracting them closer to the farm and putting them in danger – it’s such a heartbreaking, beautiful book.

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